Glossary

People:

Immediate household:

Peter Bentencourt: Also known as: “Bent”, “Lord Bent” and “The Riftwalker”

Miranda Carlson: Earth-human woman. Late twenties. Chooses to remain on Kreven in Lord Bent’s service as she is wanted for the murder by neglect of her child back on Earth. A former ROTC officer and nurse, she had become addicted to fentanyl and spiraled downward. After having been brought to Kreven and cured from her drug addiction by the pupadominus plant, Miranda remained on Kreven and acts as the head of Peter’s household. He uses the term ‘XO’ (Executive Officer) when referring to Miranda.

Tevi: Female, half Kreven-human and half night-elf. Formerly Peter’s ward who now lives as a free tenant at Lord Bent’s manor as she is shunned by many humans and all night-elves. In exchange for his protection and shelter, Tevi scouts, hunts and serves as a night watch.

Rosie: (Recently deceased) Fourteen-year-old Kreven-human slave girl who Lord Bent had purchased to work as a maid in his manor. Recently killed by being raped to death by a marauding boar-troll.

Hamm: A Kreven-human villein living on the grounds of Peter’s manor. Works general upkeep, carpentry, and black smithing. Lives with Bella. Children Stren and Jaciee.

Bella: Hamm’s wife. Works as a maid and day cook in the manor.

Stren Hammson: Hamm and Bella’s eighteen-year-old son. Helps his father and tends to the manor’s animals. Later becomes an apprentice smith near the Stoney Brook Inn.

Jaciee: Hamm and Bella’s thirteen-year-old daughter. Helps her mother, tends the bird coops and gardens.

Reed: Muscular African-American former pimp and drug dealer who Peter captured on Earth and brought to Kreven. Was conditioned by pupadominus plant to remove any drug addictions and to become obedient. Peter delays selling Reed until Tevi can attempt to become pregnant by him.

Others:

Bemi: Short for Bemilda. Eighteen year old daughter of Henri the Innkeeper. A very talented musician. Had a traumatic past on Earth before being brought into Kreven at the age of nine.

Berg: A Kreven-human who runs Berg’s Livery, based in Priam’s Cove. Peter keeps his carriage at the livery and hires teams and drivers as needed for his travels. Berg, the third generation son to own the livery, is an avowed bachelor who keeps two female slave twins (Shalla and Sisha) as his mistresses. One has already borne him an infant son, Borick, who he hopes will someday take over the livery and make it a fourth generation.

Brenda: Co-owner and manager of Peter’s earthly ranch holdings.

Carth: Henri’s young stableman. Fills in for Stren for the trip over the pass to the Vent.

Dolores: Manager of The Edgemont, a motel on the outskirts of Bay City.

Gorath: The Mohennial’s housecarl, a hulking man with an angry scar running from his left eye to his chin.

Gerston: Dwarven trader. Deals in metals and Gems.

Henri: The innkeeper of the Stoney Brook Inn. Full name is Henrietta Anthony Garland, also known as “Lady Hag” or “Momma Hag. Her daughter is Bemi.

Harkon: Old Battle wizard who briefly pursues Peter on the Hale Pass.

Karmen: Peter’s main pilot and owner of one of his many earthly companies.

Klup: Female troll. Pregnant with pups.

Lord Garl: Owner of a large swatch of farmland fronting the lake’s western shore opposite Peter’s island.

Master Loral: A blacksmith with a smithy near Stoney Brook Inn.

Mohennial Sala: Upstart enchantress high in the Third Order command structure. Lives near the base of Rumble Mountain at the Vent. Sala is the buyer of the seed carried by Taylor.

Neverlate: Ferry operator. Lives in the nearby mainland village of Priam’s cove.

Rhecate: half-crazy Kreven-human witch. Peter has a pact with the witch to be reincarnated via phoenix egg if something should cause his inadvertent death. Such a procedure is risky, both in the act itself and in assuming the unstable practitioner will follow through with the pact.

Shayde: The Mohennial’s senior night guard captain.

Taylor: Peter’s captive brought from Earth to serve as the most recent host for the pupadominus plant. The plant cured her of her drug addiction and improved her mental outlook about herself.

Torl: A coachman who works for the liveryman Berg.

Trance: The Mohennial’s senior day guard captain. A hard and humorless woman.

Places:

Asbaddica, Great Forest: A great forest laying thirty to forty miles west of the Sunsets and extending over two hundred miles north to south with its southern end terminating near the Turquoise Sea. The Asbaddica forest is the ancestral home of both the light and dark elves. The northern stretches are the homelands of the dark elves, while the larger southern forest starting from a point just west of Hale Pass is the domain of the light elves.

Asbaddica, Plains: A twenty-mile wide by hundreds of miles long shallow valley laying between the Sunset mountains to the east and the great forest far to the west. The central portion of the valley is dominated by huge black lava flows of hardened basalt which begin at the base of Rumble Mountain and extend to the Turquoise Sea to the south. Numerous streams flow into this lava plain where they vanish merging with a great underground river which is assumed to also terminate into the Turquoise Sea.

Berg’s Livery: A stable and livery in Priam’s Cove. Berg is the third-generation owner. Lord Bent’s personally carriage is stored at this livery. Berg maintains the carriage and supplies a team and the driver on demand for Peter’s travel needs.

Cursed Island: Lord Bentincort’s island located about a mile off the western shore of Mirror Lake, just opposite Lord Garl’s lands. It’s about a half mile long by a fifth of a mile wide. There is one rocky hill running down the long axis of the island, with Lord Bent’s manor located in a saddle on the ridge. The rocky spine extends to the northernmost point of the island where it continues into the lake for a quarter mile forming the Cursed Rocks, a series of very shallow underwater features that are notorious for causing boats to founder. Lord Bent keeps a fae-light lit on that point acting as a lighthouse. This signal is known as the Cursed Mark.

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